Richard Grenville-Temple

Richard Grenville-Temple (26 September 1711-12 September 1779) was a British MP from 1734 to 1752 and First Lord of the Admiralty from 1756 to 1757, succeeding George Anson and preceding Daniel Finch.

Biography
Richard Grenville-Temple was born in Wotton Underwood, Buckinghamshire, England on 26 September 1711, the brother of George Grenville. In 1734, after graduating from Eton College, he was elected to the British Parliament as an MP for Buckingham, and his sister would go on to marry William Pitt the Elder, a future Prime Minister; this gave Grenville-Temple influence in the government. From 1756 to 1757, he served as First Lord of the Admiralty, and he was intensely disliked by King George II of Great Britain, who dismissed him in 1757. He resigned from the cabinet in 1761, as he was the only cabinet member to support Pitt's declaration of war on Spain during the Seven Years' War. After the death of his brother George, with whom he had a strained relationship, Richard withdrew from public life; he died in 1779 after a fall from his carriage.